If this is your first visit, be sure to
check out the FAQ by clicking the
link above. You may have to register
before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages,
select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below.

First thoughts:Metallica Metalluca deserves this first ranking for this obviously plagiarism.
Kiben Gakuha got killed, yet another new manga that failed. Its time that the editors at WSJ should come up with some good ideas.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Jaguar has sort of an exemption to tell the truth. The mangaka likes being there or they just trust in him so that's why it remains there.

I've been following this stuff for years, I think we may have had a thread once but it really didn't go anywhere. As for this week...not much to say so far: Psyren and Medaka are always in trouble, Shikku and Metalluca were doomed from the start, and bye-bye to Yotsuya. (shame really considering I TL the one shot for it) Oh and...meh, more Bleach colors, like it needs it.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Crap like Naruto and Bleach killed WSJ. Anything that's different, and has potential is tossed aside for cliche crap with about the same about of character/story depth as a grain of sand. Shit is sad; profits over art.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Originally Posted by x20a

Crap like Naruto and Bleach killed WSJ. Anything that's different, and has potential is tossed aside for cliche crap with about the same about of character/story depth as a grain of sand. Shit is sad; profits over art.

Not necessarily all the time. Original stuff does still break through, it's just really hard.

Oh, and I've been waiting for Bleach to finally take a dive for years...still waiting but I think it will take the anime finally ending for that to occur. (sadly that's what's going on with Gintama: the plug was finally pulled being too close to the manga and it hasn't been the same since) Unfortunately...Pierrot just wants to hold on to it like an addict, whether it be by super-stretching or adding in filler arcs.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

I don't think Psyren is really in trouble anymore. It scores low sometimes, and high other times, but it still gets color pages from time to time and is well beyond the 100th chapter.

Psyren has a weird phenomenon I coined "Psyren-ing", bouncing up and down between the top and bottom of the magazine. If it had an anime, it may find some consistency but that may never come considering it's track record compared to other series of the year like Toriko, Mago and Bakuman.

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Originally Posted by Tokoro Ataru

Psyren has a weird phenomenon I coined "Psyren-ing", bouncing up and down between the top and bottom of the magazine. If it had an anime, it may find some consistency but that may never come considering it's track record compared to other series of the year like Toriko, Mago and Bakuman.

I thought Psyren was going to have an anime? Maybe I missed it up with another series.

Didn't know Nurarihyon no Mago was so popular though. Guess the fast pace and the fighting scenes pulled in readers. Just what is PTF! Jaguar? i checked google and it's about a guy playing recorder?

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Originally Posted by Keo2309

Few questions... what do you mean by set by the editors? What does TOC stand for? And what is meant by them being the bottom 5 in next weeks issue?

Table of Contents.

Shueisha apparently rotates the order of the manga weekly in a way that reflects the popularity of the manga, except for a few conditions as stated in the OP. Usually, the manga that gets the cover page is going to come first, followed by the regular ranking.

This is implicit information, but it's fairly reliable.

Manga that fall below a 2 week popularity threshold are flagged for removal from the magazine, although even the least popular manga might not get canceled.

MUV-LUV ALTERNATIVE
Making Anime and Manga OBSOLETE since 2006PM me for details

Re: Weekly Shonen Jump TOC

Nice idea overall:

But where is Hajime No Ippo?? Did it release a chapter when the votes came. Or is Hajime No Ippo is not releasing chapters in the weekly shonen jump?? But in the sunday magazine like History Stongest Disciple Kenichi?